With so many apocalyptic events happening recently—from Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine to the continuing global Covid-19 pandemic—it can be easy to forget that we have another urgent crisis on our hands. The climate crisis.
Climate change, pollution, and environmental degradation haven’t taken a vacation. They’re still baring their claws and some argue that it might already be too late to avoid many of the worst effects.
And the proof is pretty much everywhere. The weather is becoming more unpredictable with droughts, floods, fires, and heatwaves becoming more and more common. Global temperatures and sea levels are rising. And even birds are laying their eggs earlier in some places as spring is coming earlier in the year.
Bored Panda has compiled this list of photos to remind you of the very real impact that climate change has on people’s everyday lives. When you’re done looking through these horrifying photos, we’d like to hear your thoughts on the most effective ways to stop the climate crisis. You can share them in the comments, dear Pandas.
Bored Panda reached out to Joseph Pierre, a professor of psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the author of the 'Psych Unseen: Brain, Belief, & Behavior' blog at Psychology Today to understand why some people deny that climate change exists. The good news is that there's been a decrease in climate change denial in recent years. However, the biggest challenges remain pushing for political and legislative change, fighting a sense of powerlessness, and overcoming the deceptions that Big Oil operates with. Not to mention that even though some people believe in climate change, they don't think that it's 'anthropogenic', i.e. caused by human beings. Which, very obviously, it is.
"We’ve actually seen a significant decrease in climate change denial across the world over the past decade. One reason is that we’ve all been witnessing global warming and its effects firsthand with the hottest temperatures ever recorded in recent years. Another reason is that climate change scientists, governments, and various advocacy groups have also been a lot more vocal about the consensus on this issue, pushing back against the disinformation campaigns of conservative groups and Big Oil," Dr. Pierre explained to us why fewer people are deniers now.
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Capital Of The Philippines Before And After The Quarantine
"To me, the biggest challenge isn’t converting those who continue to deny anthropogenic climate change—it’s how to best translate growing acceptance of anthropogenic climate change into political and legislative action. I think that there are a lot of people who now believe that anthropogenic climate change is real, but feel powerless to do anything about it," Dr. Pierre said.
We all have a part to play in saving Planet Earth. However, action on an individual scale is minuscule and needs to be supplemented by multinational corporations radically changing their business models.
"While we can all do some small part as consumers, the reality is that real change has to come from the fossil fuel industry acting against its immediate self-interests in order to steer us away from future disaster," the UCLA professor told Bored Panda. Dr. Pierre believes that companies that contribute to the climate crisis the most are very likely aware of what they're doing but haven't admitted to it yet.
"Like the tobacco industry, there’s good evidence that Big Oil believes that anthropogenic climate change is a reality, but refuses to acknowledge it publicly. That’s not true denial, it’s deception. Which means that change won’t happen unless there’s legislative action on a global scale. If we don’t demand that as citizens and voters, it won’t happen."
Oregon Wildfires Making It Look Straight Apocalyptic
This happened in Australia some time back! Either way, this is really scary.
Lightning Highlighting A Tornado - Fort Worth, TX
According to Dr. Pierre from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, there are different types of climate change denialism. Some of them have different causes. The professor was kind enough to walk us through it all.
"To start with, research has also shown that attitudes about climate change are related to 'naïve realism' based on our own personal experience of the weather. We tend to be insensitive to data from around the world or what’s going on with glacial melts in favor of what we experience in our own lives."
He explained: "Personally experiencing record-breaking heatwaves and flooding tends to increase belief in climate change, but cold winters can have the opposite effect."
What's more, we're less aware of small changes that happen over long periods of time. Dr. Pierre noted that the comparison to boiling frogs is actually very accurate. "And since we all experience a diurnal variation of at least 20 degrees F’ on any given day, it’s hard to imagine why climate change scientists are saying that a predicted increase of just a few degrees of mean global temperature could spell mass disaster for the planet."
Frozen Flower I Found In Austin During The Texas Winter Storm
Yes I agree, everything is beautiful after an ice storm. Almost as if everything is made of crystal. However, certain things become dangerous as a result. Tree limbs are heavier and can break off, roads will be hazardous...
Load More Replies...I feel like this picture is prime fodder for a country song. "The rose in your heart is frozen even in the Texas summer heat.. " Sorry.
"The ice is a flowin' The sun is a goin' And you'll be close behind... Yer love is a dozin' Like a rose it's a frozen In the median of my mind"
Load More Replies...I’ve seen seashells frozen inside ocean waves that themselves had frozen mid-wave. Nature can be oddly beautiful sometimes.
I just hope they are all safe after that storm Texas is part of a desert innit?
I was in the Blizzard of Texas. A State of Emergency was declared for the entire state. Millions without power. It was 39°f about 4°c inside my house. I spent 3 nights in a hotel, it cost me a weeks' pay. Still, I feel fortune that I didn't die of hypothermia or from carbon monoxide trying to keep warm in my car. So many people died from that storm.
It killed all the plants around here . All the palm trees died . A lot of native wild plants died off massively
Currently Experiencing Major Flooding In Australia, But Nothing Closes The Pub
The Covid-19 Lockdown In Armenia And Sudden Drop In Air Pollution Has LED To Some Stunningly Clear Views Of Mount Ararat
More and more people believe that climate change is real. Unfortunately, there's a hitch. Not everyone believes in the idea that it is 'anthropogenic,' caused by human beings by burning fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. The UCLA professor says that this idea is less widely accepted. And it's all due to a misconception that there's supposed widespread disagreement between scientists on this matter.
"This is partially due to lack of awareness about just how many climate change scientists agree that anthropogenic climate change is a reality and the associated misperception that there’s disagreement on this subject. Reviews of published literature, as well as polls, have consistently shown that consensus among climate change scientists about anthropogenic climate change is 97% or higher," Dr. Pierre noted.
"Although it’s true that some 'scientists' have gone on record refuting anthropogenic climate change, studies have shown that the more expertise on the subject of climate change, the more consensus. In other words, while some who refute climate change might have a science background, most aren’t actually experts—they aren’t climate change scientists who are actively working and publishing research in the field. Note also that the idea that anthropogenic climate change isn’t settled science is a deliberate disinformation strategy that has been funded by the fossil fuel industry going back decades."
This Tree That Got Twisted From Hurricane Laura
We Got A Bit Of A Snowstorm This Weekend In Saskatchewan
One Day Difference In Fort Collins Colorado
This is normal for March and April in the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
What's more, climate change denial can be attributed to partisan motivated reasoning, according to Dr. Pierre. He stressed to Bored Panda that in the United States, it's political orientation that is one of the strongest predictors of climate change denial. So, for example, conservatives and Republicans tend to be more likely to deny anthropogenic climate change than liberals and Democrats.
"That divide is much wider in the US than it is in many other countries and climate change denial is tellingly more common in countries that are major oil producers like the US and Saudi Arabia," the professor noted.
Street Picture Of A German Village After The Recent Flooding
India's Worst Locust Attack In 27 Years In Rajasthan In May 2020
My Brother In Law Just Took This From Their Balcony In Sydney. Wild As Wild Can Be
"Rather than this being explained by conservatives being 'anti-science' per se, it suggests that climate change denial is largely about what has been called 'solution aversion'—an unwillingness to curb fossil fuel production because it will hurt one’s wallet—whether we’re talking about a blue-collar working the coal industry, a politician with significant campaign donations from Big Oil, or Big Oil itself," he suggested that economic interests make up a significant part of this denial.
"On an unconscious level, this can also be explained by cognitive dissonance—when faced with the psychological discomfort that arises by acknowledging that we are the cause of worldwide calamity, motivated denial of anthropogenic climate change can make that discomfort go away."
A Wildfire Ripped Through Waterton Lakes National Park In 2017. Found This Burn Pattern On A Tree There Last Month
It’s a very interesting pattern to b fair. I wonder why it burned that way?
A Wind Turbine Was Destroyed In Texas After Being Hit By A Tornado 14 June 2021 Causing A Fire After A Blade Broke Apart And Hit A Transformer
The Lack Of Rain In Portugal Is Concerning Both Society And National Authorities. Here's An Example: Alge's River Mouth - April 2021 vs. January 2022
To be fair, one photo was taken in Spring and the other one in winter
Apathy, cynicism, greed, straight-out denial, and distrust in science are some of the biggest obstacles that prevent Planet Earth from tackling the climate crisis with its full focus and might.
And now, more than ever, is the moment when we have to come together and fight climate change on all possible fronts, at all costs. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that the situation is very bleak: the crisis is accelerating so rapidly, there’s only a narrow window left to avoid the worst of the worst.
According to The Guardian, some of the things that each and every single one of us can do to help the planet include eating a largely plant-based diet with healthy portions and no waste, as well as greatly reducing the amount of new clothing we buy each year.
Something else to focus on is using electrical products for as long as possible without upgrading. Tom Bailey, the founder of The Jump campaign, also urges people to limit their flights, get rid of cars if possible, and insulate their homes better.
A Storm Literally Picked Up And Moved This Road
The Storm North Of Denver This Afternoon
Today In: "The Climate Crisis Is Not An Infrastructure Issue"
this happened on a major highway in Toronto during a summer heat wave on year. They have added more expansion joints on it now.
The Insider points out that it’s far too late to avoid many of the weather changes already afflicting our planet, including what’s to come. What we’re talking about now is mitigating the damage and the fallout. There are plenty of things that individuals, companies, and nations can do to help protect the environment and humanity.
For example, one thing that nations can do is upgrade, improve, and adapt their power grids so that they can avoid power outages, as the climate becomes more and more unpredictable. This might mean running power lines underground in areas that are susceptible to fires or elevating them in places that are in danger of getting flooded.
This can also be the moment when nature becomes more closely integrated with dense urban areas. Urban forests could help cool cities down by merging grey infrastructure with everything that’s green and natural.
This Just In: Newfoundland Changes Name To “Newlostland” Following Winter Apocalypse
That's good way to keep beer cold! Trust me, i experienced Estonian winters
After Smashing National Temperature Records For 3 Successive Days, Wildfire Spreads Through Lytton On The 4th Day And Destroys 90% Of The Town Within Hours
In The North Okanagan, BC The Smoke From Wildfires Has Gotten So Bad It Has Blocked The Sun Leaving The Sky Blood Red
What’s more, there’s no doubt that the global food industry will have to continue to adapt. Hardier crops that can survive long periods of drought and torrential rainfall will have to be bred. Meanwhile, livestock will have to be given better living conditions to protect them from the elements. However, millions of people will still face food and water shortages, as they do now.
According to the recent IPCC report, there isn’t an inhabited region on our planet that won’t be affected by rising temperatures and increasingly severe weather. Meanwhile, roughly half of the global population (from 3.3 to 3.6 billion people) currently live in areas that are classified as being “highly vulnerable” to climate change.
Water Levels At Lake Powell Are So Low You Can Find Old Wrecks Out Of The Water
My Local Playground Flooded And There's A Swan In It
The Way These Candles Melted In The Heat Today
The report also warns that we’re already seeing massive die-offs of species, from trees to corals. As the global temperature continues to rise, some ecosystems are also turning from life-saving carbon sinks into carbon sources because they’re losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
My AC Exploded On A Recording Breaking Heat Wave In Oregon
Here's How Hot It Is In Portland Right Now, This Is My Neighbor's House And The Vinyl Siding Is Blistering Off His House Under The Sun In The 108 Degree Heat
Just so everyone knows, this happened not because the siding is made of vinyl, but because that vinyl siding has been painted over. You CAN paint vinyl siding, but it is important to paint it a lighter color than it was originally as darker colors absorb more heat from sunlight and cause the product to expand more than its installation will allow for.
Pics I Took From The Tornado Destruction In Mayfield Kentucky
At this rate, entire families might have to consider the hard truth that they might want to consider relocating to less risky areas, with better access to resources, fewer dangerous weather events, and away from the rising sea levels. However, in the meantime, each and every single one of us has a responsibility on our part to help mitigate the disaster that is the climate crisis. There’s no plan B, nor is there a planet B. It’s a matter of integrity, morals, and survival.
9 AM At The Oregon Coast Due To Wildfires 100s Of Miles Away
The Worst Floods In 60 Years In South Sudan. Catastrophic Floods Have Forced Nearly 750k People Out Of Their Homes
Floods in Fangak, Jonglei state, South Sudan.
Athens, Greece - Just Two Days Apart, After A Big Snowstorm It's Now Up To 21°C/69 °F
A Storm Knocked Over A Tree Whose Roots Lifted The Car Parked Next To It
For The First Time In Almost 30 Years Could Clearly See The Himalayas Due To India’s Lockdown Clearing Air Pollution
This was the view from our rooftop at home in Punjab, India.
I Took A Picture Of The Hoover Dam, Nevada/Arizona
The water reservoir of Hoover Dam was at it's all-time lowest during the 2021 draught.
Morocco Is Experiencing The Worst Drought In Decades
Catastrophic Flood In Henan, China, Over 300 People Passed Away
NYC Snowstorm
The Irony Of “Global Warming Doesn’t Exist” With The Current Background
Local Roads And Sidewalks Are Full Of Snow
Walking on a snowed highway doesn't seem the most intelligent thing to do.
This Hailstorm In Herefordshire, England. By The Way Storms This Size Is Uncommon Here
Unseasonal Warm And Dry Weather Expected This Week, Has Led To An Amber Wildfire Alert Being Issued For The Dorset & Wiltshire Fire And Rescue Service Area
Snow Falls In Colorado Just 48 Hours After A Record Heatwave
Edmonton Alberta. So Hot Our Plastic Trash Bins Are Melting
Yes, there is a climate change but this could also be due to cheap manufacturing. Wouldn't they crac in a very cold winter. Just asking.
Philadelphia’s Vine Street Expressway After Hurricane Ida On September 2, 2021
For the first 2 pics, I just thought: "well, its a river and water flows dirty after a storm, nothing particular"... Then I just saw the 3rd image and I understood...
Greetings From Germany. This Small Town Where I Live In Has To Fight A Flooding Which Isn't That Common Here But This Year It's More Than Ever
The streets in this area are under water and the only way to leave the town is by the commuter rail.
Oak Alley (Braithwaite Manor) After Hurricane Ida
Front Row Seat While Watching This Spot Fire Burn Into The Morning
No Sailing Today. One Of The Biggest Rivers In The World, Parana River, Facing Heavy Drought
Texas Snowstorm + Burst Pipe = Bad
Current Air Quality In Portland vs. 2 Weeks Ago
The Apocalipse. The Sahara Desert Is Moving To Málaga. No Filter Used
Severe Flooding Damaged Seven Bridges Along The Coquihalla Highway In November 2021
These Low Clouds Are Not Clouds It's Smoke From The Wildfires In California/Oregon. The Photo Is Taken On The South Coast Of Norway
The Smoke From Wildfires Around Where I Live Turned The Sun Red
It’s So Hot In Australia, Our Outdoor Lights Melted
The Tornado That Appeared Right By Our House, Frederick, CO
Climate Crisis Is Real And Affects All Of Us
Roads In Everson, Washington, Were Forced To Close Due To Roads Buckling Under The Record-Breaking Heat
State Route 544 milepost 7 near Everson, Wa is currently closed. The asphalt roadway is buckling and unsafe for travel. WSDOT is advised and detours are currently being set up.
Mass Flooding In NYC
Guess I’ll Wait Till Next Week
A Frozen Playground In Houston, Texas
High Winds On The Lake Pushed The Melting Ice Onshore And Created "Ice Tsunamis". Dad For Scale
Everything Turns To Ice
The ice on the grass is kinda pretty, but taken in the larger context ...
It Was Hot Enough This Summer In Phoenix To Melt The Blinds On My Bedroom Window
Marsden Moor Fire 23/03/22
Going To The Restroom In Texas Today
Frozen Toilet Water In Texas
Snow Storm In Texas. Things Are Nuts In Fredericksburg
Queenscliff. No Beach, It's A Flood
In Santa Cruz, California, The Sky Is Literally Orange Because Of Fires
Jellyfish In The Street On Panama City Beach, Fl During Hurricane Sally
An Ice Storm Froze My Still-Blooming Rose Bushes
Parts Of The Us Are Drying Up. Lake Mead In 2020
The Lake Mead reservoir hasn't been anywhere near its full storage capacity since 2000.
The Extent Of The Fire Damage On The Marshes Near To Parkgate, Cheshire
Stop Sign Turned White During A Heat Wave
Wildfires Hundreds Of Miles Away Turn The Sky Red And Bring Ash Falling Like Snow
What You Are Seeing Here Is Not Fog, Its Air Pollution. Yesterday They Declared That It Is Life Threatening To Go Outside At This Weather. Disastrous
Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Conditions In My City Were Just Perfect Enough Last Night For The Wind To Make Snowballs
Current Heatwave Has Caused My Glass Table To Explode. All Over My Freshly Painted Decking
This is scary. How soon before heat waves get to the stage windows and car windows explode? I realise there are different chemical/ glass compositions added for heat resistance but DUDE come on we r in our way for Day After Tomorrow
This Snow Storm In Texas Is Testing Us In Many Ways
If these storms became a regularity, we must make adaptations to survive!
Sandstorm Enveloping Beijing Looks Like A Scene From Blade Runner 2049
Tuesday's View Of The Tepozteco Mountains Burning Again In Morelos, Mexico
This Flooded Parking Garage, Containing Roughly 150 Cars
The Heatwave Was So Bad That The Metal In My Steering Wheel Lock Expanded And Shattered My Windshield
Last Summer’s Oregon Wildfires 30 Miles From Portland. Taken Midday With No Filter
Flooding In NYC Tonight
I have family there, and there basement was flooding like crazy!!!
Climate Change Has Affected Flooding In NYC
Caught In A Swarm Of Locusts
The Extreme Heat In The Portland Has Melted Power Cables In The Streetcar System
Why are the comments so little on these pictures?! This is SCARY! And it’s happening in our lives not 50-100 years + from now. We have created a problem and we won’t try properly to fix it
This Silicone Non-Slip Mat Melted In My Car During The Heatwave
Then it wasn't silicone! Silicone is a thermoset plastic, and has no melting point (as opposed to thermoplastic materials, which can), it can only burn.
Everyone Stay Safe
Growing up in the uk and NEVER visiting any part of the US: I thought the exams was always warm. SCARY AF
I’m Heartbroken To See The State I Call Home Literally In Flames. In Santa Cruz, It Started With A Lightning Storm That Is Atypical For The Central Coast
Ice Storm In Texas
The Way Our Shoreline Has Been Changed By The Current Drought
I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°C Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom
These News Boxes That Were On The Line Of A Wildfire
The Olive Oil Froze Inside My House. The “Temporary Controlled Rolling” Blackout Has Been 38 Hours So Far
Driving Through Freezing Rain Turned My Wheels Into Something From Mad Max
Due To The Heatwave In The Pacific Northwest, Our Mirror’s Frame Melted. Left In A Car Under A Towel
Flooding In NYC
Flooding downtown near UAB. My wife sent these to me
Climate Change - Taking Immediate Action Can Secure Our Future
:(my knowledge is OUTDATED so pls understand, but where do ppl stand on the earth going through a cycle of cooling, warming etc etc?
Freeze In Texas
Heat Wave, Los Angeles
The Sky Is Yellow Today During A Severe Storm
Highway 219 South In Bibb County This Morning
Winter Apocalypse Vibes
Looks way too cold for ice to be in the hallway and dripping down the light fixtures. So sad.
So Cold Outside My Doorknob Frosted
It's Not That Hot
This Is How Cold It Is In Texas Right Now. My Laptop Split
Wildfires Are So Bad Near My Town That The Sun Has Turned A Deep Red
Living In Texas During This Snowstorm, Pipe Burst In The Apartment Above Me Flooding My Unit And Destroying It
Several Texas Cities Saw Their Coldest Temperatures In Over 30 Years
Hope You're Safe And Warm
The Snow Storm In Texas
Sandstorm In Beijing From Gobi Desert
PSA. If You Park Under Or Will Be Parking Under Train Tracks, Tar Is Melting Off Of Them And It’s Not Fun To Clean Off
Y’all Ever Seen Frozen Toilet Water
So Recently There Was A Major Heatwave That Impacted Much Of The Pacific Northwest And Canada. It Was 110°F Where I Was
I went to a graduation party one day and it got so hot that it melted some vinyl records and made for an accidental great decoration.
Sadly, there are quite a few of them posting in this thread.
Load More Replies...Nothing to see here! - said the politician and the factory owner from their climatised hilltop apartment.
Carl Sagan gave a congressional hearing in 1985 talking about the dangers of climate change. That was nearly 40 years ago. What has humanity done since then?
Guys (below comments) isn’t it NUTS that’s the ‘funny cat pic’ thread gets way more attention than this. This is scary and we must take responsibility. One household recycling and doing their best to live consciously isn’t enough when u see this scale. Upsetting. Perhaps the damage is already done and maybe is a question of controlling scale of damage now.
The answer is always unpopular unfortunately. We need to slow up the rate at which humans are increasing, in fact it would be far better to reduce (naturally - I'm not asking for plagues or catastrophes). Some countries birth rates may be slowing but we're still increasing exponentially. David Attenborough has covered this. The planet can't sustain this continued growth. You're never going to get people to reduce their consumption sufficiently. Neither will recycling manage it on it's own or by combining it with reduced consumption. It won't do it. Very few people truly to accept this though. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/david-attenborough-warns-planet-cant-cope-with-overpopulation/
Load More Replies...Our real problem isn't climate change. It's over population. The Earth isn't ment for 7,9 billion people.
You get over population deniers too. They point out how their country's birth rate is slowing down while not realising it's still more children being born each year than a few decades ago. Still increasing.
Load More Replies...And people reproduce themseves without realizing that it is the number of people that affects this planet the worst. Many called me an idiot for such thinking, but that's the truth. I will not have kids. There are already enough destructive parasites, yes, including your kid, you self-righteous fool.
Yep. We're incredibly harmful. We consume too much and we reproduce too much.
Load More Replies...I am so, freaking tired of people who deny climate change. Houses and homes are being destroyed. People are losing their jobs and then losing their lives. It may not affect YOU directly, but it sure as hell affects other people. So, while you sit in your air-conditioned house, saying that "Climate change has been disproven by blah blah blah blah," kids are DYING. Shut up. It's happening, and it's happening now, and we have to do something.
Do you have anything you'd like to share about them? (Genuinely asking, how is climate change affecting them?)
Load More Replies...This is so depressing. We are buggering up our planet and I fear for the future.
Articles like this are often not true but put together to make a point. Unless you can research every picture, I would suggest at the very least be skeptical of what to see on the internet
Load More Replies...And people still deny climate change isn't happening. Yes the damn weather changes, history has proven that. The issue here is that its happening at an accelerated rate, throwing everything at everyone all year round. We aren't ready for it! Its happening faster than we can prepare for it. If you want to sit back and deny, fine, but don't get in the way of those of us trying to help. And DO NOT complain when suddenly you become a victim of climate change.
Having lived for many decades, all over the place, I'm pretty sure the climate is getting a bit wonky the past decade or so. But hey I'm just one old bugger and no scientist. What do I know? At least, I probably won't live long enough to see worse. I hope.
The earth is, will and always be fine..it's just us that are f***ed.
I can only assume that people (climate deniers, anti-vaxxers, etc) are so afraid of science because they are afraid of the future and don’t want to believe that what is happening is really happening? So, in their minds they simply shut everything out except for what they’ve already been taught throughout their lives and don’t/can’t learn anything new. There isn’t really any other explanation for it. The thing about science is, if a scientist discovers something, that thing might be proven wrong by another scientist 20 years from now, and the original scientist would accept that because of the proof provided. However, someone who simply believes in something can never be swayed to not believe in that thing even if evidence to the contrary is provided. I can only hope that younger generations will be more wary of things as they grow older.
The popular media-based debate on climate change makes me laugh...in a human deprecating way. The popular notion, fitted for extremely limited intellects, is that if this summer is warmer than last, it is climate warming. If it is the same, or cooler, than the last, there is no climate warming. These observations are not science-based and are perfectly meaningless. They prove absolutely NOTHING about global climate change. They are just the product of talking heads trying to find a way to get people to notice them. There are waaaaay more intelligent and trained people working this out. Leave it to them.....and NOT the Old Testament.
Do you need a hug? I definitely could use one too.
Load More Replies...All of these harmful weather manipulations is intentionally killing everything on your planet. GeoengineeringWatch.org
look at thething,........ i found an ice flower in the middle of an frozen lake we visited last winter images-62b...dec72e.jpg
Also, another reason we have high temp this year is because of solar blasts too.
Nothing here hasn't happened before. It's a cycle, not a good one. Most of the pics show pollution and political mismanagement.
I learned an interesting thing recently that wildfires can last overwinter underground, and it's more common than we think. The fire gets down in a low oxygen environment, gets buried in snow and disappears as far as humans are concerned. It then reappears next year after the snow melts and dries out, and the blaze gets blamed on recent campers. They're finding out that this actually seems to be one of main reasons why dry years are so much more dangerous than wet years for wildfires. The ground needs to be saturated with enough moisture to prevent the spread of these fires underground.
After the Catastrophic Bush Fires experienced in Australia a few years ago & now Catastrophic record breaking floods across all the eastern states , with some places being flooded 2 & 3 times in the last 6 weeks, you would have to be a Fool to keep denying that, global warming & climate change aren’t real. Our PM is a fool.
I see that Simona Kinderytė doesn't go out from home often if normal weather for her is something amazing and dangerous. Global warming is real and scientists SCRERAM!!! about it from '60, but some arguments here are really stupid. :)
I thought climate change came before mass shootings, school shootings, racist riots, Covid and war. Where is Greta the puppet anyway.
Either show us evidence that Greta is a "puppet" or stop slandering.
Load More Replies...There are always idiots who refuse to face facts. Maybe because accepting reality would mean facing up to the need for massive change.
Load More Replies...I'm scared for my upcoming grandchild. What are we leaving them, due to conservative denial and thirst for profit?
I’m scared for your upcoming grandchild because you’re a moron.
Load More Replies...Liberalist. Antifa. Socialist, soros supporting, nazi like anti free speech. Bored panda at it again
I have a lot of responses to this but I'm just going to sum it up as asking genuinely if you're an idiot.
Load More Replies...Nature will have storms and will weather. Do we blame the loss of Dinosaurs on SUV's? Or is it cow farts?
No, it was a giant rock from space that smashed into the planet and ruined the CLIMATE for thousands, maybe millions, of years. Now we're the giant rock from space.
Load More Replies...You probably believe the world is only 6000 years old, too, right?
Load More Replies...“Thousands if not millions”. You’re aware the earth is older than just a few million years, right?
Load More Replies...Sadly, there are quite a few of them posting in this thread.
Load More Replies...Nothing to see here! - said the politician and the factory owner from their climatised hilltop apartment.
Carl Sagan gave a congressional hearing in 1985 talking about the dangers of climate change. That was nearly 40 years ago. What has humanity done since then?
Guys (below comments) isn’t it NUTS that’s the ‘funny cat pic’ thread gets way more attention than this. This is scary and we must take responsibility. One household recycling and doing their best to live consciously isn’t enough when u see this scale. Upsetting. Perhaps the damage is already done and maybe is a question of controlling scale of damage now.
The answer is always unpopular unfortunately. We need to slow up the rate at which humans are increasing, in fact it would be far better to reduce (naturally - I'm not asking for plagues or catastrophes). Some countries birth rates may be slowing but we're still increasing exponentially. David Attenborough has covered this. The planet can't sustain this continued growth. You're never going to get people to reduce their consumption sufficiently. Neither will recycling manage it on it's own or by combining it with reduced consumption. It won't do it. Very few people truly to accept this though. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/david-attenborough-warns-planet-cant-cope-with-overpopulation/
Load More Replies...Our real problem isn't climate change. It's over population. The Earth isn't ment for 7,9 billion people.
You get over population deniers too. They point out how their country's birth rate is slowing down while not realising it's still more children being born each year than a few decades ago. Still increasing.
Load More Replies...And people reproduce themseves without realizing that it is the number of people that affects this planet the worst. Many called me an idiot for such thinking, but that's the truth. I will not have kids. There are already enough destructive parasites, yes, including your kid, you self-righteous fool.
Yep. We're incredibly harmful. We consume too much and we reproduce too much.
Load More Replies...I am so, freaking tired of people who deny climate change. Houses and homes are being destroyed. People are losing their jobs and then losing their lives. It may not affect YOU directly, but it sure as hell affects other people. So, while you sit in your air-conditioned house, saying that "Climate change has been disproven by blah blah blah blah," kids are DYING. Shut up. It's happening, and it's happening now, and we have to do something.
Do you have anything you'd like to share about them? (Genuinely asking, how is climate change affecting them?)
Load More Replies...This is so depressing. We are buggering up our planet and I fear for the future.
Articles like this are often not true but put together to make a point. Unless you can research every picture, I would suggest at the very least be skeptical of what to see on the internet
Load More Replies...And people still deny climate change isn't happening. Yes the damn weather changes, history has proven that. The issue here is that its happening at an accelerated rate, throwing everything at everyone all year round. We aren't ready for it! Its happening faster than we can prepare for it. If you want to sit back and deny, fine, but don't get in the way of those of us trying to help. And DO NOT complain when suddenly you become a victim of climate change.
Having lived for many decades, all over the place, I'm pretty sure the climate is getting a bit wonky the past decade or so. But hey I'm just one old bugger and no scientist. What do I know? At least, I probably won't live long enough to see worse. I hope.
The earth is, will and always be fine..it's just us that are f***ed.
I can only assume that people (climate deniers, anti-vaxxers, etc) are so afraid of science because they are afraid of the future and don’t want to believe that what is happening is really happening? So, in their minds they simply shut everything out except for what they’ve already been taught throughout their lives and don’t/can’t learn anything new. There isn’t really any other explanation for it. The thing about science is, if a scientist discovers something, that thing might be proven wrong by another scientist 20 years from now, and the original scientist would accept that because of the proof provided. However, someone who simply believes in something can never be swayed to not believe in that thing even if evidence to the contrary is provided. I can only hope that younger generations will be more wary of things as they grow older.
The popular media-based debate on climate change makes me laugh...in a human deprecating way. The popular notion, fitted for extremely limited intellects, is that if this summer is warmer than last, it is climate warming. If it is the same, or cooler, than the last, there is no climate warming. These observations are not science-based and are perfectly meaningless. They prove absolutely NOTHING about global climate change. They are just the product of talking heads trying to find a way to get people to notice them. There are waaaaay more intelligent and trained people working this out. Leave it to them.....and NOT the Old Testament.
Do you need a hug? I definitely could use one too.
Load More Replies...All of these harmful weather manipulations is intentionally killing everything on your planet. GeoengineeringWatch.org
look at thething,........ i found an ice flower in the middle of an frozen lake we visited last winter images-62b...dec72e.jpg
Also, another reason we have high temp this year is because of solar blasts too.
Nothing here hasn't happened before. It's a cycle, not a good one. Most of the pics show pollution and political mismanagement.
I learned an interesting thing recently that wildfires can last overwinter underground, and it's more common than we think. The fire gets down in a low oxygen environment, gets buried in snow and disappears as far as humans are concerned. It then reappears next year after the snow melts and dries out, and the blaze gets blamed on recent campers. They're finding out that this actually seems to be one of main reasons why dry years are so much more dangerous than wet years for wildfires. The ground needs to be saturated with enough moisture to prevent the spread of these fires underground.
After the Catastrophic Bush Fires experienced in Australia a few years ago & now Catastrophic record breaking floods across all the eastern states , with some places being flooded 2 & 3 times in the last 6 weeks, you would have to be a Fool to keep denying that, global warming & climate change aren’t real. Our PM is a fool.
I see that Simona Kinderytė doesn't go out from home often if normal weather for her is something amazing and dangerous. Global warming is real and scientists SCRERAM!!! about it from '60, but some arguments here are really stupid. :)
I thought climate change came before mass shootings, school shootings, racist riots, Covid and war. Where is Greta the puppet anyway.
Either show us evidence that Greta is a "puppet" or stop slandering.
Load More Replies...There are always idiots who refuse to face facts. Maybe because accepting reality would mean facing up to the need for massive change.
Load More Replies...I'm scared for my upcoming grandchild. What are we leaving them, due to conservative denial and thirst for profit?
I’m scared for your upcoming grandchild because you’re a moron.
Load More Replies...Liberalist. Antifa. Socialist, soros supporting, nazi like anti free speech. Bored panda at it again
I have a lot of responses to this but I'm just going to sum it up as asking genuinely if you're an idiot.
Load More Replies...Nature will have storms and will weather. Do we blame the loss of Dinosaurs on SUV's? Or is it cow farts?
No, it was a giant rock from space that smashed into the planet and ruined the CLIMATE for thousands, maybe millions, of years. Now we're the giant rock from space.
Load More Replies...You probably believe the world is only 6000 years old, too, right?
Load More Replies...“Thousands if not millions”. You’re aware the earth is older than just a few million years, right?
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